Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Friday…along with the minimum temperatures Friday:

78 – 61  Lihue, Kauai
80 – 66  Honolulu, Oahu
78 – 57  Molokai AP
83 – 58  Kahului, Maui
81 – 67  Kailua Kona
82 – 66  Hilo, Hawaii

Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands, as of Friday evening:

0.03  Kapahi, Kauai
0.02  Makaha Stream, Oahu
0.00  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.00  Maui
0.02  Saddle Quarry, Big Island


The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Friday evening:


13  Port Allen, Kauai
13  Waianae Valley, Oahu
20  Molokai
10  Lanai
21  Kahoolawe
13  Hana, Maui
22  Upolu AP, Big Island


Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. This web cam is available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon shining down during the night at times. Plus, during the nights you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise and sunset too… depending upon weather conditions.



Aloha Paragraphs

 

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An area of high clouds northeast…and
thunderstorms well south

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Mostly clear to partly cloudy along the leeward beaches…
afternoon upcountry clouds


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Limited showers…mostly dry weather



~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~



High Surf Advisory…north and west shores of Kauai, Oahu
and Molokai, and north shores of Maui 

Small Craft Advisory…Kauai, Oahu, Maui County

 

Winds becoming lighter…light and variable this weekend through most of next week. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the North Pacific Ocean, along with a real-time wind profiler of the central Pacific. We find a high pressure system to the northeast, with its associated high pressure ridge trailing back to the southwest. At the same time, we have low pressure systems well to the northwest and north, with the tail-ends of cold fronts draping southward. We’ll find gradually lighter winds during the upcoming weekend. Those areas that are exposed to light southeasterly breezes, will find localized volcanic haze (vog) arriving with time, along with warmer temperatures. The light winds will continue well into the future…with still some localized voggy conditions prevailing.

Rainfall will remain limited, with just a few showers here and there…through most of next week. Here’s the looping radar image showing a bare minimum of showers across our area. We’ll see our winds becoming lighter from the southeast, carrying a few light showers. These light winds will prompt clear to partly cloudy mornings, giving way to afternoon upcountry clouds…although showers will be spotty and generally light. As we get into Sunday and Monday, a cold front moving by to the north will push a high pressure ridge over the islands. This in turn will continue the light winds, and keep a generally dry weather pattern in place through most of next week. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Friday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Friday Evening Film: As is often the case, there are many good films to pick from this week. I’d like to see Wild with Reese Witherspoon before it leaves town, and the new one with Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller looks really good too…not to mention Hunger Games: The Mockingjay. However, and largely due to my neighbor Jeff’s enthusiasm about this film, we’re going to see Inherent Vice, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Katherine Waterston, Benicio Del Toro, Jena Malone, Martin Short, Serena Scott Thomas…among many others.

The Synopsis: “Inherent Vice,” is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel. When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a looney bin…well, easy for her to say. It’s the tail end of the psychedelic `60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that “love” is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s being way too overused – except this one usually leads to trouble. With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists… Part surf noir, part psychedelic romp – all Thomas Pynchon.

This film looks good, maybe really good, at least according to the trailer. I’ll be sure to let you know what we thought Saturday morning.



World-wide tropical cyclone activity:


>>> Atlantic Ocean: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean

>>> Caribbean Sea: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


>>> Gulf of Mexico: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a satellite image of the Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico.

>>> Eastern Pacific: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 North Pacific hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on May 15, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a wide satellite image that covers the entire area between Mexico, out through the central Pacific…to the International Dateline.


Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)


>>> Central Pacific: The central north Pacific hurricane season has officially ended. Routine issuance of the tropical weather outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, special tropical weather outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)


>>> Northwest Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones


 >>> South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones

>>> North and South Indian Oceans: There are no active tropical cyclones

Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

 

Interesting:  Which fossil fuels must remain in the ground to limit global warming? – A third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80% of current coal reserves globally should remain in the ground and not be used before 2050 if global warming is to stay below the 2°C target agreed by policy makers, according to new research by the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.


The study funded by the UK Energy Research Center and published in Nature today, also identifies the geographic location of existing reserves that should remain unused and so sets out the regions that stand to lose most from achieving the 2°C goal.


The authors show that the overwhelming majority of the huge coal reserves in China, Russia and the United States should remain unused along with over 260 thousand million barrels oil reserves in the Middle East, equivalent to all of the oil reserves held by Saudi Arabia. The Middle East should also leave over 60% of its gas reserves in the ground.


The development of resources in the Arctic and any increase in unconventional oil – oil of a poor quality which is hard to extract – are also found to be inconsistent with efforts to limit climate change.


For the study, the scientists first developed an innovative method for estimating the quantities, locations and nature of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves and resources. They then used an integrated assessment model to explore which of these, along with low-carbon energy sources, should be used up to 2050 to meet the world’s energy needs. The model, which uses an internationally-recognized modelling framework, has multiple improvements on previous models, allowing it to provide a world-leading representation of the long-term production dynamics and resource potential of fossil fuels.


Lead author Dr Christophe McGlade, Research Associate at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources said: “We’ve now got tangible figures of the quantities and locations of fossil fuels that should remain unused in trying to keep within the 2°C temperature limit.


“Policy makers must realize that their instincts to completely use the fossil fuels within their countries are wholly incompatible with their commitments to the 2°C goal. If they go ahead with developing their own resources, they must be asked which reserves elsewhere should remain unburnt in order for the carbon budget not to be exceeded.”